[184616] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: /27 the new /24
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy Austin)
Sun Oct 11 16:17:50 2015
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From: Jeremy Austin <jhaustin@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 12:17:26 -0800
To: Todd Underwood <toddunder@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Todd Underwood <toddunder@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> you already know that that's not how the internet in the rural west works.
> it's fine. smile and nod and pretend that they are making sensible claims
> and move back to trying to figure out how to make things work on your own
> network.
>
Thank you, Todd. While I must take some exception to your use of the word
'hinterlands' [1] rather than 'frontier', you're right on the mark
everywhere else. :)
With all the talk around updating BCPs, perhaps we also need IUPs --
Interesting Uncommon Practices: the edge cases which contrast to, but do
not invalidate, the middle.
-J
[1] Kleinfeld, "The Frontier Romance"
http://www.newsminer.com/features/sundays/book_reviews/kleinfeld-s-book-explores-the-romance-of-the-frontier/article_57da7bda-e15c-11e2-9281-0019bb30f31a.html
